Judg 2:20, Ezr 9:1-3, 10-13, Psa 78:55-58, 106:34-40, Jer 7:23-28 | ESV | STEP | So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he said , Because this people have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice ,

Judges 2:20

20 ^aSo the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this people ^bhave transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice,

Ezra 9:1-3

Ezra Prays About Intermarriage

1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the ^cLevites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands ^dwith their abominations, from the ^eCanaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 ^fFor they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the ^gholy race ^{▼▼Hebrew offspring} has ⁱmixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.” 3 As soon as I heard this, I ^jtore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ^ksat appalled.

Ezra 9:10-13

10 “And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, 11 which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end with ^ltheir uncleanness. 12 ^mTherefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land ⁿand leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’ 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^oour great guilt, seeing that you, our ^pGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^qremnant as this,

Psalms 78:55-58

55 He ^rdrove out nations before them;
he ^sapportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Yet they ^ttested and ^urebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like ^va deceitful bow.
58 For they ^wprovoked him to anger with their ^xhigh places;
they ^ymoved him to jealousy with their ^zidols.

Psalms 106:34-40

34 They did not ^aadestroy the peoples,
^abas the Lord commanded them,
35 but they ^acmixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.
36 They served their idols,
which became ^ada snare to them.
37 They ^aesacrificed their sons
and their daughters to ^afthe demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was ^agpolluted with blood.
39 Thus they ^ahbecame unclean by their acts,
and ^aiplayed the whore in their deeds.
40 Then ^ajthe anger of the Lord was kindled against ^akhis people,
and he abhorred his ^alheritage;

Jeremiah 7:23-28

23 But this command I gave them: ^am‘Obey my voice, and ^anI will be your God, and you shall be my people. ^aoAnd walk in all the way that I command you, ^apthat it may be well with you.’ 24 ^aqBut they did not obey or incline their ear, ^arbut walked in their own counsels and ^asthe stubbornness of their evil hearts, and ^atwent backward and not forward. 25 From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, ^auI have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day. 26 ^avYet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, ^awbut stiffened their neck. ^axThey did worse than their fathers.

27 ^ay“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. ^azYou shall call to them, but they will not answer you. 28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; ^batruth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.